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WO2017041361A1 - Dispositif de spectrométrie de masse dans lequel la lumière ultraviolette ionise des molécules neutres perdues, et son procédé de fonctionnement - Google Patents

Dispositif de spectrométrie de masse dans lequel la lumière ultraviolette ionise des molécules neutres perdues, et son procédé de fonctionnement Download PDF

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WO2017041361A1
WO2017041361A1 PCT/CN2015/095020 CN2015095020W WO2017041361A1 WO 2017041361 A1 WO2017041361 A1 WO 2017041361A1 CN 2015095020 W CN2015095020 W CN 2015095020W WO 2017041361 A1 WO2017041361 A1 WO 2017041361A1
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  • the invention relates to a quadrupole series linear ion trap mass spectrometer system, in particular to a mass spectrometer device for ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules.
  • Mass spectrometry is the method of ionizing material particles (atoms, molecules) into ions, and separating them by spatial and temporal chronological order by appropriate stable or changing electric or magnetic fields, and detecting their strength for qualitative, Analytical method for quantitative analysis. Because mass spectrometry directly measures material particles, and mass spectrometry has high sensitivity, high resolution, high throughput and high applicability, mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry technology play an important role in modern science and technology. With the development of life sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, and food safety, national security, and international counter-terrorism, mass spectrometers have become one of the fastest growing analytical instruments, especially for chromatography/mass spectrometry. The emergence of technology and related instruments, because of its high separation function for high-complexity and high sensitivity of detection, is highly favored and even indispensable in the above-mentioned fields.
  • the mass analyzer is a component in a mass spectrometer that separates ions according to the mass-to-nuclear ratio.
  • the ion trap is an important mass analyzer. The principle is to store the ions in the well and then separate and detect them.
  • a mass analyzer that does not contain an ion trap, a mass analyzer containing an ion trap can store ions, so MS n operations can be performed in a mass analyzer containing an ion trap (mass spectrometry operations such as MS/MS, MS/MS/MS)
  • the direction of the ion trap is generally defined as the Z direction in the axial direction of the ion trap front end cover and the rear end cover, the vertical direction is the X direction, and the horizontal direction is the Y direction.
  • the MS n operation facilitates giving structural information of the measured ions (which can be referred to as parent ions), and it is very meaningful to determine the quasi-determinism of the ions to be measured.
  • the MS n operation can be fragmented by controlling the collision of the identified ions with gas molecules (such as He, N 2 ), or by controlling the identified ions to absorb photons (such as infrared lasers), and can also control the identified ions and electrons (such as ECD mode, cleavage by reaction with negative ions (such as ETD mode), generating product ions, and further separating the daughter ions by mass spectrometer, analyzing each mass-nuclear ratio (m/z, where m represents the mass of ions, z The intensity of the product ion representing the number of ions charged, thereby facilitating the structural information of the parent ion.
  • gas molecules such as He, N 2
  • photons such as infrared lasers
  • ECD mode cleavage by reaction with negative ions
  • the parent ion is not only a series of daughter ions, but also a large number of neutral molecules (without charge). Since these neutral molecules are not uncharged, the mass analyzer cannot operate them, and the information is often invisible. , so called the lost neutral molecule.
  • the neutral molecule fragmented by the parent ion is very important for its structural identification. If it can accurately detect the fragmented neutral molecules, Almost perfect interpretation of its structural information, this is the dream of mass spectrometry.
  • the ions that are successfully ionized by the neutral light by the neutral light are so few that the signal is almost undetectable. Moreover, the entire operation timing and logic are complicated, and it is difficult to detect signals for a small number of ionized ions. Also for ultraviolet light The ionization time requires accurate control. If the UV lamp is always irradiated to the ion trap, the parent ion without fragmentation is often subjected to ultraviolet photoionization and re-cleavage, which is unfavorable for the interpretation of the mass spectrum and increases the difficulty of giving accurate structural information.
  • the present invention provides a mass spectrometer device for ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules and an operation method thereof.
  • the present invention provides a mass spectrometer device for ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules, including an ion source, an ion trap, an iontophoresis system, a multi-stage gradient vacuum system, and detection for detecting ion separation in an ion trap.
  • a buffer gas injection system for injecting a buffer gas into the ion trap through the gas conduit, the front end cover and the rear end cover of the ion trap are provided with holes
  • the multi-stage gradient vacuum system includes a plurality of vacuum intervals in which the air pressure is sequentially lowered, each vacuum The section is provided with a through hole
  • the iontophoresis system includes an ion introduction pipeline connected to the ion source and an ion guiding pipeline disposed in each vacuum zone of the multistage gradient vacuum system, and the port of the ion guiding pipeline is directly under the vacuum a through hole connected to an adjacent vacuum section, the ion trap being located in a final stage vacuum section of the multi-stage gradient vacuum system
  • the buffer gas injection system injecting into the ion trap through a front end cover or a rear end cover of the ion trap a buffer gas
  • the detector comprising two detectors symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the ion trap, and a vacuum ultraviolet lamp system, the vacuum ultraviolet lamp system Is
  • the front end cover and the rear end cover are provided with a hole in the center, and a plurality of buffer gas outlet holes are uniformly arranged around the hole, and an annular air guide cover is arranged on the outer side of the front end cover and the rear end cover, and the front end cover and the similar annular cover cover are arranged An annular cavity is formed between the rear end cover and the adjacent annular cover plate, and the buffer gas vent hole on the front end cover is electrically connected to the annular cavity.
  • the air guide cover is a conductive insulator, and the front end cover and the rear end cover are conductive electrode sheets, and the conductive electrode sheets have a thickness of 0.8 to 1.2 mm.
  • the hole on the front end cover and the rear end cover has a diameter of 2 mm, an area of about 2*1.571 mm 2 , a buffer gas vent hole having a diameter of 1 mm, an area of about 0.393 mm 2 , and a hole between the front end cover and the buffer gas vent hole.
  • the center distance is about 1.5mm.
  • a quadrupole system is further included, the quadrupole system being located in the same vacuum interval as the ion trap and disposed in front of the front end cover of the ion trap.
  • the vacuum ultraviolet lamp system further comprises a front light shutter and an ultraviolet light, wherein the front light shutter is disposed in front of the light exit end of the ultraviolet light, and the front light shutter is spaced apart from the rear end cover of the ion trap.
  • a sealing device is disposed outside the trap rear end cover and the vacuum ultraviolet lamp system, the sealing device isolating the ion trap rear end cover and the ultraviolet lamp system from communicating with the external vacuum section.
  • the quadrupole system includes a filter quadrupole and a shaping quadrupole, the filter quadrupole is disposed in front of the shaping quadrupole, and the front end of the filter quadrupole is opposite to the upper vacuum section The through hole communicating with the vacuum section in which it is located, the rear end of the shaping quadrupole is facing the hole of the front end cover of the ion trap.
  • a front end cover shutter is disposed between the shaping quadrupole and the front end cover of the ion trap, and the front end cover shutter is spaced apart from the shaping quad and the ion trap front end cover.
  • the ion trap further comprises four pairs of mutually symmetric electrodes respectively disposed in the X, Y direction of the ion trap, the inner surface of the ion trap including a front end cover shutter facing the side of the ion trap, an ion trap front end cover surface, The inner surface of the ion trap and the back surface of the ion trap.
  • an ion lens is disposed at an end of the ion guiding line disposed in the first-stage vacuum section of the vacuum section in which the ion trap is located.
  • a portion of the side of the ion trap corresponding to the detector is provided with an ion detecting slit.
  • An operation method of a mass spectrometer device for ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules comprising the following steps in sequence:
  • Initialization phase including:
  • a voltage is applied to the ion lens to close the channel between the ion source and the ion trap, and the front cover shutter is opened at the same time;
  • ion cooling phase at this time, a buffer gas is injected into the ion trap to cause the buffer gas to collide with a specified ion entering the ion trap, thereby reducing the kinetic energy of the designated ion;
  • V RF is the RF voltage amplitude
  • ⁇ is the frequency value of the RF voltage
  • r is the shortest distance from the center of the ion trap to the X or Y direction electrode
  • z is the ion trap center point to Z
  • the RF voltage value of the specified ion is captured, but for non-isolated ions, this effect is not achieved.
  • V Specifying an ion isolation phase, applying a waveform on the X-direction electrode of the ion trap, the frequency of the waveform being the frequency after the specified ion is removed in the X direction in the range of 10 kHZ-500 kHZ, so that other ions than the designated ion are Both are ejected from the ion trap to complete further separation of the specified ions from other ions;
  • VI Specify the subsequent stage of ion isolation, and gradually reduce the RF voltage on the ion trap to the RF voltage value corresponding to the q value of 0.25, in preparation for subsequent ion detection;
  • Ion fragmentation stage set the RF voltage amplitude on the ion trap to the RF voltage value corresponding to the q value of 0.25, and set the selected resonant AC voltage of the X-direction electrode to the same frequency as the specified ion in the X direction. , thereby forming a resonance, causing the specified ions to collide with the buffer gas molecules to break the chemical bonds of the ions to generate ion fragments and neutral lost molecules; the amplitude of the selected resonant AC voltage at this frequency is small, and the ions are not resonated to the ions.
  • the well is given a specific ion excitation signal, so that the specified ion quickly collides with the surrounding buffer gas to generate heat and break the chemical bond.
  • the vibration amplitude of the ion is small and fast, and when the amplitude of the alternating voltage is increased, the collision energy is also large. If it is too large, the ion trap will be shaken out, and the fragmentation effect will not be produced.
  • Ion detection stage under the premise that the frequency of the RF voltage applied to the ion trap remains unchanged, the amplitude of the RF voltage gradually rises, and the amplitude of the selected resonant AC voltage in the X direction remains unchanged.
  • the fragment ions of different mass-to-charge ratios in the ion trap move in the X direction according to the respective motion frequencies, and the frequency of the fragment ions Just in line with the X direction Resonating when the applied alternating voltage frequency is the same, the fragment ions are ejected from the ion trap to be detected, and the ion fragment spectrum data set B of the specified ion is obtained;
  • IX Ultraviolet photoion chemistry: Within 10ms after the ion fragments are ejected from the ion trap, there are some neutral gas molecules generated by the fragmentation in the ion trap. Open the front shutter of the lamp and let the UV lamp illuminate the ion trap. The neutral gas molecules are ionized, and the RF voltage on the ion trap captures the ultraviolet photoionized ions until the ions accumulate to the extent that the signal can be detected;
  • X ion detection phase: according to the operation in step VIII, the ultraviolet photoionization ions are expelled from the ion trap according to the mass-to-charge ratio, and the signal intensity is detected, and the ion spectrum data set C of the molecular ultraviolet photoionization in the ion trap is obtained;
  • XI Scan stop phase: the electrical parameters of the mass spectrometer and the vacuum in each vacuum section of the multi-stage gradient vacuum system are restored to the initial state.
  • the number of designated parent ions has increased significantly, reaching more than 1 million ions, and even more than 10 million.
  • the number of neutral molecules after such fragmentation has increased significantly.
  • the device ensures this feature in two ways (one is that the quadrupole system at the front of the ion trap ensures that only the specified ions enter the ion trap, and the specified ions can be enriched in large amounts until the ion trap is saturated, rather than having all ions enter the ion trap. Except non-designated ions; Second, the ion storage capacity of the growth linear ion trap is more than 1000 times higher than that of the 3D ion trap)
  • the significant decrease of the neutral molecules flowing out of the ion trap after the fragmentation of the parent ion is specified, so that the neutral molecules with more roots participate in the photoionization.
  • the device ensures the realization of this feature by controlling the tightness of the ion trap, and closes two large-diameter air outlet holes (front and rear end cap holes) of the four air outlet holes, which significantly reduces the outflow due to the air pressure in the ion trap being higher than the air pressure outside the ion trap.
  • the number of sex molecules is controlled by controlling the tightness of the ion trap, and closes two large-diameter air outlet holes (front and rear end cap holes) of the four air outlet holes, which significantly reduces the outflow due to the air pressure in the ion trap being higher than the air pressure outside the ion trap.
  • the probability of UV photoionization from the specified neutral ion after fragmentation of the parent ion is significantly enhanced, which is convenient for obtaining higher ionization efficiency.
  • the device realizes multiple reflections of ultraviolet light inside the ion trap by plating an aluminum alloy film on the inner surface of the ion trap, instead of absorbing a large amount of ultraviolet photons by the stainless steel constituting the ion trap, so that the probability of ultraviolet photon hitting the neutral molecule is significantly increased.
  • the efficiency of ionization is higher.
  • the invention has the effect of significantly enhancing the neutral molecular ultraviolet photoionization of the specified parent ion after fragmentation, realizing the photoionization of a large number of neutral molecules, not only obtaining the ion information of the specified parent ion fragmentation, but also obtaining the designation.
  • the neutral molecular information of the fragmentation of the parent ion can explain the structure information of the parent ion more accurately, especially for the accurate identification of the biopeptide molecule.
  • the device has the characteristics of low realization cost and simple control, and can be used as a A widely used mass spectrometer system.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mass spectrometer system of ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the operation timing of a mass spectrometer system of ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules.
  • a mass spectrometer device for ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules comprising an ion source 101, an ion trap 134, an ion introduction system, a multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110, a detector 151 for detecting ion separation detection in the ion trap 134, and a passing gas
  • the conduit 133 injects a buffer gas injection system 161 into the ion trap 134.
  • the front end cover 132 and the rear end cover 135 of the ion trap 134 are provided with holes, and the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110 includes a plurality of vacuum intervals in which the air pressure is sequentially lowered.
  • Each vacuum section is provided with a through hole, and the iontophoresis system includes an ion introduction line communicating with the ion source 101 and a multistage gradient vacuum system 110.
  • the ion guiding pipeline in each vacuum zone, the port of the ion guiding pipeline is being connected to the through hole of the vacuum section and the adjacent vacuum section, and the ion trap 134 is located at the last of the multistage gradient vacuum system 110.
  • the buffer gas injection system 161 passes through the front end cover 132 of the ion trap 134 (since the rear end cover 135 is complicated, it is preferable to connect the vent hole of the buffer gas injection system 161 to the front end cover 132) to the ion trap. Buffer gas is injected into 134.
  • the detector 151 includes two detectors 151 symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the ion trap 134, and further includes a vacuum ultraviolet lamp 142 system disposed at the rear end of the ion trap 134.
  • the ultraviolet light is incident into the ion trap 134 through the ion deriving hole on the rear end cover 135 of the ion trap 134; the inner surface of the ion trap 134 is plated with an aluminum alloy film layer (for reflecting ultraviolet light).
  • the inner surface of the ion trap 134 includes an inner surface of the front end cover shutter 131, a surface of the front end cover 132, four electrode surfaces in the X and Y directions in the ion trap 134, and an aluminum alloy film on the surface of the rear end cover 135, which does not affect the formation of an electric field, and Does not absorb ultraviolet photons and increases the reflection of ultraviolet light.
  • the pressure of the last stage vacuum section of the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110 is usually 10 -5 Torr, and there are certain small holes (such as the through holes 114) communicating in each vacuum section, and the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110 passes the ion introduction line 111 and the standard.
  • the atmospheric pressure interval 100 is in communication, and ions emitted by the ion source 101 enter the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110 through the ion introduction line 111, and the ion guiding line 112 is responsible for ion transfer in the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110.
  • Each vacuum section of the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110 is responsible for obtaining a vacuum by molecular pumps of different pumping speeds, such as molecular pump 119 and molecular pump 129.
  • An ion lens 113 is disposed at an end of the ion guiding line 112 disposed in the first-stage vacuum section of the vacuum section where the ion trap 134 is located, and the ion lens 113 is responsible for controlling the transport of ions to the rear end, which is called an ion gate.
  • the front end cover shutter 131 of the ion trap 134 is opened when ions are introduced into the ion trap 134, and is closed when the specified parent ion is fragmented, thereby preventing neutral molecules from overflowing from the front end hole.
  • the opening hole of the front end cover shutter 131 of the ion trap 134 is large, and does not affect the normal introduction of ions.
  • the front end cover 132 and the rear end cover 135 have a hole of about 2 mm in the center, and the hole of the front end cover 132 is used for ion guidance.
  • the hole of the rear end cover 135 is symmetrical with the hole of the front end cover 132.
  • the front end cover 132, the ion trap 134 and the rear end cover 135 form a complete linear ion trap mass analyzer system that conducts and applies a corresponding DC voltage, applying a radio frequency voltage to the X, Y direction electrode pairs of the ion trap 134, in the X direction. Apply high frequency alternating current.
  • the combination of these voltages forms an electric field that enables storage, separation, collision of ions and molecules, and ion eviction.
  • the four symmetric electrodes of the ion trap 134 can appropriately increase the length of the electrode in the Z direction while ensuring that the electric fields in the X and Y directions are constant.
  • the quadrupole system is located in the same vacuum section as the ion trap 134 and is disposed in front of the front end cover 132 of the ion trap 134.
  • the quadrupole system includes a filter quadrupole 121 and a shaping quad 122.
  • the filter quadrupole 121 is disposed in front of the shaping quad 122, and the front end of the filter quad 121 is directly opposite.
  • the through hole of the vacuum section is in communication with the vacuum section in which it is located, and the rear end of the shaping quadrupole 122 faces the hole of the front end cover 132 of the ion trap 134.
  • the filter quadrupole 121 is used to select the designated parent ion to pass only the designated parent ion; the shaping quadrupole 122 functions as ion shaping, allowing ions passing through the filter quadrupole 121 to smoothly enter the subsequent ion trap 134 .
  • the vacuum ultraviolet lamp 142 system includes a front light shutter 141 and an ultraviolet light 142 (which emits ultraviolet light having a photon energy greater than or equal to 10.6 eV), the front light shutter 141 being disposed in front of the light exit end of the ultraviolet light 142, the front shutter of the light. 141 is spaced apart from the rear end cover 135 of the ion trap 134 (pitch is less than 10 mm), and a sealing device 143 is disposed outside the rear end cover 135 and the vacuum ultraviolet lamp 142 of the ion trap 134, the sealing device 143 isolating the ion trap 134
  • the rear end cover 135 and the ultraviolet lamp 142 system are in communication with the external vacuum section 120.
  • the front shutter 141 does not affect the entry of ultraviolet light into the ion trap 134 when turned on, and effectively prevents photons from entering the ion trap 134 when turned off.
  • the sealing device 143 is responsible for the airtightness of the rear end cover 135, the front light shutter 141, and the ultraviolet lamp 142 of the ion trap 134, preventing neutral molecules from being in the vacuum section 120 from the rear end cover 135, and the dead volume of the self gas is small. Prevent neutral gas molecules from remaining in their spaces.
  • a front end cover shutter 131 is disposed between the shaping quadrupole 122 and the front end cover 132 of the ion trap 134.
  • the front end cover shutter 131 is spaced apart from the front end cover 132 of the shaping quadrupole 122 and the ion trap 134.
  • a portion of the side of the ion trap 134 corresponding to the detector 151 is provided with an ion detecting slit which is a slit of 30 mm * 0.25 mm and a slit area of about 2 * 0.5 mm 2 .
  • An operation method of a mass spectrometer device for ultraviolet photoionization neutral loss molecules comprising the following steps in sequence:
  • Initialization phase including:
  • the electrical parameters include an ion gate, a voltage applied to the ion lens 113, and control whether the ions are transported to the back end.
  • the DC voltage applied to the quadrupole 121 maintains a linear relationship with the voltage amplitude of the Q-RF to form a mass filter with a quadrupole electric field with a specified ion mass mass resolution, given Q- After RF and corresponding Q-DC, only a certain range of ions (mzX-mz to mzX+mz) (eg, Xamu-0.5amu to Xamu+0.5amu) can pass through the filter quadrupole 121, and other ions cannot Passing through the filter quadrupole 121.
  • the DC voltage applied to the back end shaped quadrupole 122 is zero.
  • Trap-RF a radio frequency voltage applied to ion trap 134 (setting the slit in the X direction for detecting ions), is used to capture ions entering ion trap 134. It may be applied independently to a pair of electrodes in the Y direction, or a pair of electrodes in the Y direction may be simultaneously applied to one pair of electrodes in the X direction (the voltage directions in the X direction and the Y direction are the same, and the phases are 180 degrees out of phase).
  • Aux Amp the amplitude of the high frequency alternating current applied to the X-direction electrode of the ion trap 134.
  • the application of the alternating voltage for resonating the ions of the specific moving frequency is ejected out of the ion trap 134 to achieve the purpose of detection.
  • ions with a large m/z value have a large Aux Amp value.
  • Aux Fre the frequency of the high frequency alternating current applied to the X-direction electrode of the ion trap 134. This frequency is the same as the frequency of movement of a particular ion in the X direction to produce resonance in the X direction. Normally, Aux Fre is kept at a certain frequency. By controlling the amplitude of Trap-RF, the frequency of many ions in the X direction is increased, and when Aux Fre is reached, it is excited out of the ion trap 134 and detected.
  • WF Amp the amplitude of a particular waveform applied to the X-direction electrode of ion trap 134.
  • This particular waveform is used to exclude all of the ions from the ion trap 134 except that the designated ions are not driven out of the ion trap 134, leaving only the designated ions in the ion trap 134.
  • WF Fre the frequency of a particular waveform applied to the X-direction electrode of ion trap 134. This particular waveform is used to exclude all of the ions from the ion trap 134 except that the designated ions are not driven out of the ion trap 134, leaving only the designated ions in the ion trap 134.
  • the frequency component of WF Fre contains a frequency component of 10k-500k HZ, but does not include the frequency of movement of the specified ion in the X direction, so that other ions other than the specified ion can resonate in the X direction, thereby ejecting the ion. Outside the well 134.
  • the front shutter, front end cover shutter 131 prevents gas molecules in the ion trap 134 from being drawn away from the front of the ion trap 134.
  • the molecules and ions are affected, and when the ultraviolet light is required, the front shutter 141 is turned on, and the ultraviolet light is irradiated into the ion trap 134.
  • Spectral acquisition means that the ions are sequentially ejected from the ion trap 134.
  • the detector 151 detects the ion signal, and the data acquisition system obtains the data of the ion signal with time, and then converts to the mass-to-charge ratio (m/). z) Ion signal strength data.
  • the ionization phase the application of a voltage to the ion lens is stopped, the channel between the ion source 101 and the ion trap 134 is turned on, and the ion source 101 generates ions and enters into the fourth through the ion introduction line, the ion guiding line and the ion lens.
  • a pole system that applies a radio frequency voltage to a quadrupole system to form a quadrupole electric field, and applies a DC voltage to the quadrupole system to form a filter of the quadrupole electric field, ensuring that the designated ions pass through the quadrupole system, and other ions are excluded.
  • the designated ions enter the ion trap 134 after shaping the quadrupole 122, continuously inputting the designated ions into the ion trap 134 until the designated ions in the ion trap 134 are saturated.
  • a quadrupole electric field is formed in the interval of the filter quadrupole 121, and the frequency of the radio frequency voltage applied to the shaped quadrupole 122 is the same as Q-RF, and the voltage amplitude is often 1/3 of the Q-RF amplitude; Q-RF is applied to
  • the voltages of the two electrodes in the X direction are the same (the voltage amplitude is the same and the frequency is the same), and the voltages of the two electrodes are the same in the Y direction (the voltage amplitude is the same and the frequency is the same), but the voltage amplitudes in the X direction and the Y direction are the same, and the frequency phases are different.
  • Q-RF on the filter quadrupole 121 is combined with Q-DC, and only the designated ion S+ passes through the filter quadrupole 121, and other ions are excluded, after passing through the filter quadrupole 121, after The shaped quadrupole 122 is shaped into the ion trap 134.
  • a buffer gas is introduced into the ion trap 134 to cause a buffer gas molecule (an inert gas such as He gas or Ar gas) to fully collide with a predetermined ion entering the ion trap 134, thereby causing the kinetic energy of the designated ion. Lower it down.
  • a buffer gas molecule an inert gas such as He gas or Ar gas
  • V RF is the RF voltage amplitude
  • ⁇ is the frequency value of the RF voltage
  • r is the shortest distance from the center point of the ion trap 134 to the X and Y direction electrodes
  • z is the center point of the ion trap 134 The distance to the end cap in the Z direction;
  • V Specifying an ion isolation phase, applying a waveform on the X-direction electrode of the ion trap 134, the frequency of the waveform is the frequency after the specified ion is removed in the X direction in the range of 10 kHZ-500 kHZ, so that other than the designated ion
  • the ions are all driven out of the ion trap 134, completing further separation of the specified ions from other ions.
  • VI Specify the subsequent stage of ion isolation to gradually reduce the RF voltage on the ion trap 134 to the RF voltage value corresponding to the q value of 0.25, in preparation for subsequent ion detection.
  • Ion fragmentation stage set the RF voltage amplitude on the ion trap 134 to the RF voltage value corresponding to the q value of 0.25, and set the selected resonant AC voltage of the X-direction electrode to the frequency and the frequency of the designated ion in the X direction. The same, thereby forming a resonance, causing the specified ions to collide with the buffer gas molecules (inert gases such as He gas, N 2 , Ar gas, etc.) to break the chemical bonds of the ions to generate ion fragments and neutral lost molecules.
  • the buffer gas molecules ininert gases such as He gas, N 2 , Ar gas, etc.
  • the amplitude of the selected resonant AC voltage at this frequency is small, so that the ions are not excited out of the ion trap, but a specific ion excitation signal is given, so that the designated ions quickly collide with the surrounding buffer gas to generate heat and break the chemical bond.
  • the ions The vibration amplitude is small and fast.
  • the amplitude of the AC voltage is increased, the energy of the collision is also large. If it is too large, the ion trap is excited, and the fragmentation effect cannot be produced.
  • Ion detection phase under the premise that the frequency of the RF voltage applied to the ion trap 134 remains unchanged, the amplitude of the RF voltage gradually rises, and the amplitude of the selected resonant AC voltage in the X direction remains unchanged.
  • the fragment ions of different mass-to-charge ratios in the ion trap 134 move in the X direction according to the respective motion frequencies, when the fragment ions
  • the frequency is just right Resonance occurs when the frequency of the alternating voltage applied in the X direction is the same, the fragment ions are ejected out of the ion trap 134 to be detected, and the ion fragment spectrum data set B of the specified ion is obtained; in general, the ion with a higher mass-to-charge ratio is obtained.
  • the amplitude of the amplitude of the AC voltage that is excited is greater during the same resonance time.
  • IX ultraviolet photoion chemical phase: within 10 ms after the ion fragments are all driven out of the ion trap 134, there are some neutral molecules generated by the fragmentation particles in the ion trap 134, and the front shutter 141 is turned on to allow the ultraviolet lamp to 142 illuminates the neutral molecules within the ion trap 134 to ionize it, and the RF voltage on the ion trap 134 captures the ultraviolet photoionized ions until the ions accumulate to the extent that the signal can be detected.
  • X ion detection phase: according to the operation in step VIII, the ultraviolet photoionization ions are ejected from the ion trap 134 according to the mass-to-charge ratio, and the signal intensity is detected, and the ion spectrum data set of the molecular ultraviolet photoionization in the ion trap 134 is obtained.
  • XI Scan stop phase: the electrical parameters of the mass spectrometer and the vacuum in each vacuum interval of the multi-stage gradient vacuum system 110 are restored to the initial state. Make sure that the parameters are safe for long periods of time.
  • the ultraviolet photoionization spectrum data set A of the background molecule in the ion trap 134 is deducted from the ultraviolet photoionization spectrum data set C of the neutral molecule containing the specified ion fragmentation in the ion trap 134, thereby obtaining the designated ion.
  • Neutral molecular information after fragmentation Combined with the fragmented ion spectrum data set B of the specified ion, it is possible to more accurately and comprehensively resolve the structural information of the ion.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de spectrométrie de masse dans lequel la lumière ultraviolette ionise des molécules neutres perdues, et son procédé de fonctionnement. Le dispositif de spectrométrie de masse dans lequel la lumière ultraviolette ionise des molécules neutres perdues comprend des composants essentiels d'un dispositif de spectrométrie de masse, tels qu'un analyseur de masse à piège ionique linéaire spécial à connexion en série quadrupôle (134), une lampe ultraviolette sous vide (142), un obturateur disposé devant la lampe (141) et un système sous vide à gradient (110). L'invention concerne également un procédé de fonctionnement du dispositif pour réaliser un stockage d'ions, une fragmentation ionique et une analyse ionique d'efficacité élevée, une ionisation d'efficacité élevée des molécules neutres perdues au moyen de la lumière ultraviolette et d'une analyse ionique répétée.
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